Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-12


vases, and for waess thsy work. But, 10;
they are looked upon q fallen woman. and
God pity them.
WI go young msn drink; yee. rot beaetly
drunk time and again, gambia, dehaUch,
MP from tho age Of youth to manhood. All
It once he sets disgusted with himself, and
resolves to turn over . new leaf and 10
form. All he has got to do Is tostop those
evil practices, get q new suit OF clothes,
visit q barber, come out in the world and
present . respectable appearances. and he
% recognized and taken BY the hand
treated like he was . gentleman. II any
one should venture to speak OF his past,
someone ready to defend him willsay:"Oh,
yes. I know that; but that was several
years ego. he was young then, and sowing
his Wild oats; he il older nov, and more
experienced, and all right" And be 1t said,
to the shame Of mothers, that these same
Young men are received into homes OF pur-
ity and treated with courtesy and respect,
and are thought worthy OF the daughters
OF the best families in the land.
oh. the gulf between the charity, for one
and tia other. This il why 1 say the dill
ference between fallen man and fallen
woman lies only in tho distance they have
to fall. With men it il only . step forward
and . step back; il he has money the step
10 only shorter. With woman it is down,
down to the bottom; and made 20 steep,
so slippery. she must have courage and q
will Of iron to ever get up again. Who ever
heard Of any one saying that Q girl was
sowing wild oats? No, no; if girls make
mistakes and blunders, charity is deaf to
are plucked from her pathway through
life-used, NO doubt, to decorate the brows
of the young bloods whom the world
calls heroes, while their victims tread the
thorns Of neglect and folly.
This il An awful state Of affairs, but there
10 no denying the fact. II we point out
those evils, we must find . remedy. The
ministers OF this city called q mass meeting
not long age, and I hoped, as they had
taken an interest in this question. that they
would propose some remedy to remove the
cause. To tell us that thus and SO existed
only telling u what We already knew.
But I hear nothing az to q change, or To-
to effect q change. The idea I can suggest,
without crowdin9 your columns. is to en-
iorss your suggestions for those people to
make q change, seek honorable employ.
ment in new fields of labor: live for q better
'uture and q more desirable life. and by
their experience give warning to Others. Ny
are with the down trodden OIL
Ill classes, and there seems to DO room for
vast amount OF reform. We could benefit
by in~augurating q general reform
n manners, customs, dress, charity, and =
more strict discipline over ourselves. Butte
. no worse than other places, if "a bad.
Ne find the same state OF social, domestic,
ocal and public affairs all over the world.
only wonder thatmore Of o~urlearned men
md women do not take up the pen, which
J .'mightier than the sword" and fight this
monster, Blind Ignorance, with q might
nd force as to make it flee before their
rrath az q demoralized army; drive this
MUST inhumanity to humanity into the
"a Of oblivion; build upatower Of strength;
Arock Of ages cleft for thee,
Lst Us hide ourselves in He,
Who ever spreads q sheltering wing
For those who to His mercy cling.
Mrs. LOUIE CoULsoN.